Russia, Iran hope to cope with trade decline

MOSCOW, February 13. /ITAR-TASS/. Tehran hopes that Russia and Iran are able to compensate the cooperation, which was affected by sanctions against Iran, Iranian Ambassador in Moscow Mehdi Sanaei said at the State Duma, lower house of parliament, on Thursday.

“We hope that the problems, which have recently led to the decline in trade, will be compensated. The doors will be opened for expanding and strengthening relations,” the Iranian ambassador said.

“We hope that our technical and economic institutions won’t pay attention to foreign pressure and expand relations in different fields,” he said.